Mr Afzal is also seeking greater use of voluntary disclosure of information about suspected stalkers by agreement with mobile-phone companies and ISPs.

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Many states offer a variation on a Voluntary Disclosure Program, which allows taxpayers to abate penalties if they come forward to offer new information about existing tax liabilities.

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Yes, many Americans have cheated by hiding income and assets in tax havens offshore, but they are now getting busted by the IRS. The U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) will force foreign banks to divulge information regarding their U.S. clients, and many offshore tax cheats are considering the extended IRS voluntary disclosure program (see details below).

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